RED WINGS ROSTER CUT TO 32

The Detroit Red Wings have assigned forwards Tyler Bertuzzi, Matt Lorito and Evgeny Svechnikov and defensemen Joe Hicketts and Robbie Russo to the American Hockey League’s Grand Rapids Griffins and released forwards Louis-Marc Aubry and Kyle Criscuolo, defenseman Nathan Paetsch and goaltender Cal Heeter from professional tryouts. Additionally, the team placed forwards Tomas Jurco and Tomas Nosek and defensemen Vili Saarijarvi and Dan Renouf on injured reserve, reducing its active roster to 32 players (19 forwards, 10 defensemen and three goaltenders).

The Red Wings stand at 5-1-1 through seven preseason games and will conclude their exhibition slate when they host the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight at 7:00 p.m. at Joe Louis Arena. Detroit opens the regular season with a trip to Florida to take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. and the Florida Panthers on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 7:00 p.m.

Red Wings regular season schedule

PLAYERS RELEASED/ASSIGNED ON 10/8/16

18		Robbie Russo	D	R	6-0	191		Westmont, Illinois	2/15/93		Signed, 8/16/15
22		Matt Lorito	LW	L	5-9	171		Oakville, Ontario	7/3/90		Signed, 7/1/16
24		Nathan Paetsch +	D	L	6-1	189		LeRoy, Saskatchewan	3/30/83		Camp Invitee
27		Joe Hicketts	D	L	5-8	180		Kamloops, British Columbia	5/4/96		Signed, 9/24/14
30		Cal Heeter +	G	L	6-2	188		St. Louis, Missouri	11/2/88		Camp Invitee
32		Louis-Marc Aubry +	C	L	6-4	208		Arthabaska, Quebec	11/11/91		Camp Invitee
37		Evgeny Svechnikov	LW	L	6-3	206		Neftegorsk, Russia	10/31/96		2015 Draft (1/19)
59		Tyler Bertuzzi	LW	L	6-1	198		Sudbury, Ontario	2/24/95		2013 Draft (2/58)
74		Kyle Criscuolo +	C	R	5-9	172		Southhampton, New Jersey	5/5/92		Camp Invitee

PLAYERS PLACED ON INJURED RESERVE ON 10/8/16

26		Tomas Jurco	RW	L	6-2	188		Kosice, Slovakia	12/28/92		2011 Draft (2/35)
28		Vili Saarijarvi	D	R	5-9	172		Rovaniemi, Finland	5/15/97		2015 Draft (3/73)
77		Dan Renouf	D	L	6-2	205		Pickering, Ontario	6/1/94		Signed, 3/10/16
83		Tomas Nosek	C	L	6-3	210		Pardubice, Czech Republic	9/1/92		Signed, 6/14/14

 

CURRENT DETROIT RED WINGS ROSTER – 32 PLAYERS

#		FORWARDS (19)	POS	S	HGT	WGT		BIRTHPLACE	BIRTHDATE		ACQUIRED
4		Teemu Pulkkinen	RW	R	5-10	185		Vantaa, Finland	1/2/92		2010 Draft (4/111)
8		Justin Abdelkader	LW	L	6-2	218		Muskegon, Michigan	2/25/87		2005 Draft (2/42)
14		Gustav Nyquist	RW	L	5-11	184		Halmstad, Sweden	9/1/89		2008 Draft (4/121)
15		Riley Sheahan	C	L	6-3	226		St. Catharines, Ontario	12/7/91		2010 Draft (1/21)
20		Drew Miller	LW	L	6-2	183		Dover, New Jersey	2/17/84		Waivers, 11/11/09
21		Tomas Tatar	LW	L	5-10	185		Ilava, Slovakia	12/1/90		2009 Draft (2/60)
29		Steve Ott	C	L	6-0	193		Summerside, P.E.I.	8/19/82		Signed, 7/1/16
39		Anthony Mantha	RW	L	6-5	221		Longueuil, Quebec	9/16/94		2013 Draft (1/20)
40		Henrik Zetterberg	C	L	6-0	197		Njurunda, Sweden	10/9/80		1999 Draft (7/210)
41		Luke Glendening	C	R	5-11	199		Grand Rapids, Michigan	4/28/89		Signed, 7/5/13
42		Martin Frk	RW	R	6-1	196		Pelhrimov, Czech Republic	10/5/93		2012 Draft (2/49)
43		Darren Helm	C	L	6-0	196		St. Andrews, Manitoba	1/21/87		2005 Draft (5/132)
46		Ben Street	C	L	5-11	199		Coquitlam, British Columbia	2/13/87		Signed, 7/1/16
49		Eric Tangradi	LW	L	6-4	226		Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	2/10/89		Signed, 7/8/15
51		Frans Nielsen	C	L	6-1	188		Herning, Denmark	4/24/84		Signed, 7/1/16
57		Mitch Callahan	RW	R	6-0	199		Whittier, California	8/17/91		2009 Draft (6/180)
62		Thomas Vanek	LW	R	6-2	214		Vienna, Austria	1/19/84		Signed, 7/1/16
71		Dylan Larkin	C	L	6-1	190		Waterford, Michigan	7/30/96		2014 Draft (1/15)
72		Andreas Athanasiou	C	L	6-2	188		Woodbridge, Ontario	8/6/94		2012 Draft (4/110)
#		DEFENSEMEN (10)	POS	S	HGT	WGT		BIRTHPLACE	BIRTHDATE		ACQUIRED
2		Brendan Smith	D	L	6-2	211		Mimico, Ontario	2/8/89		2007 Draft (1/27)
3		Nick Jensen	D	R	6-0	200		Rogers, Minnesota	9/21/90		2009 Draft (5/150)
23		Brian Lashoff	D	L	6-3	214		Albany, New York	7/16/90		Signed, 10/1/08
25		Mike Green	D	R	6-1	207		Calgary, Alberta	10/12/85		Signed, 7/1/15
48		Ryan Sproul	D	R	6-4	211		Mississauga, Ontario	1/13/93		2011 Draft (2/55)
52		Jonathan Ericsson	D	L	6-4	220		Karlskrona, Sweden	3/2/84		2002 Draft (9/291)
53		Alexey Marchenko	D	R	6-3	210		Moscow, Russia	1/2/92		2011 Draft (7/205)
55		Niklas Kronwall	D	L	6-0	194		Stockholm, Sweden	1/12/81		2000 Draft (1/29)
61		Xavier Ouellet	D	L	6-1	208		Bayonne, France	7/29/93		2011 Draft (2/48)
65		Danny DeKeyser	D	L	6-3	192		Macomb, Michigan	3/7/90		Signed, 3/29/13
#		GOALIES (3)	POS	C	HGT	WGT		BIRTHPLACE	BIRTHDATE		ACQUIRED
31		Jared Coreau	G	L	6-5	231		Perth, Ontario	11/5/91		Signed, 4/3/13
34		Petr Mrazek	G	L	6-2	183		Ostrava, Czech Republic	2/14/92		2010 Draft (5/141)
35		Jimmy Howard	G	L	6-1	218		Syracuse, New York	3/26/84		2003 Draft (2/64)